16,000 main entries and 29,000 subentries make this an indispensable dictionary for Tibetan language students. Each entry includes the Tibetan orthography and Wylie romanization. Grammatical features are noted. And many words are shown in sentence context.

THE NEW TIBETAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF MODERN TIBETANby Melvyn Goldstein, with T.S. Shelling & J.T. Surkhang, and Pierre Robillard

Contains more than 80,000 lexical items used in political, social, economic, literary and scientific discourse, and includes thousands of words that have come into use since Tibet was invaded. One of the very best resources for modern Tibetan. Each entry includes the Tibetan orthography and spoken pronunciation. Thousands of illustrative sentences are provided.

A new larger-format edition of the famous Das dictionary. Now it is very readable! Compiled from a large number of Tibetan and Sanskrit works, this dictionary contains Tibetan words with Sanskrit equivalents and English meaning. Technical terms are illustrated with extracts from Sanskrit and Tibetan works.

The present Dictionary is an attempt to give a rational account of values and meanings of words in Tibetan language, to distinguish the various transitions in periods of literature and varieties of dialect, and to make sure of each step by the help of accurate and copious illustrations and examples.
The author has not restricted himself only to the Classical Period of the Tibetan literature. He has endeavoured to deal with the Tibetan language as a whole.

Based on The Great Volume of Precise Understanding (Mahavyutpatti)--a Sanskrit-Tibetan dictionary commissioned by King Tri Ralpachen in the 9th century, and supplemented from works of Tibetan lamas. 6,000 main entries and over 8,000 sub-entries, with Sanskrit equivalents where possible. New edition--revised and enlarged 40%.

This comprehensive English-Tibetan Dictionary compiled and edited by Dhongthog Tanpi Gyaltshan is much welcomed. It fills an important gap in our presents needs. It is my sincere hope that more learned scholars will come forward, in the near future, and participate actively in making every field of study available in the Tibetan language. It is also my hope that the rich Buddhist philosophy and its deep meanings, which now exist only in the Tibetan language, can be made available to all those who are intersted in them. ------Foreword by H.H. The Dalai Lama

Classical Tibetan, with origins dating to the seventh century, is the language found in a huge corpus of surviving Tibetan, mostly Buddhist, texts; native Tibetans still employ this language, today, when writing on religious, medical or historical subjects.
This book aims to provide a rapid introduction to the main elements of Classical Tibetan, so that students may begin to access for themselves the vast amount of available material. While designed for guided study, the book will also be of use to those who tackle the language on their own. Steady study over approximately six months should result in an understanding of most grammatical features and allow the student to read the simpler prose texts.

The Classical Tibetan Language is the first comprehensive description of the Tibetan language and is distinctive in that it treats the classical Tibetan language on its own terms rather than by means of descriptive categories appropriate to other languages, as has traditionally been the case.